An agreement on closer cooperation between ESA and Slovenia was signed on 28 May, by René Oosterlinck, ESA Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations, and Mojca Kucler Dolinar, the Slovenian Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology. Slovenia is the second recent EU Member State to sign a Cooperation Agreement with ESA. Estonia did so in June 2007. The adoption of the European Space Policy by both ESA and the EU confirms the importance of ESA’s space activities for EU Member States. Several other EU members have approached ESA with a request to participate in ESA’s activities.
Slovenia “Signs On” With ESA
An agreement on closer cooperation between ESA and Slovenia was signed on 28 May, by René Oosterlinck, ESA Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations, and Mojca Kucler Dolinar, the Slovenian Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology. Slovenia is the second recent EU Member State to sign a Cooperation Agreement with ESA. Estonia did so in June 2007. The adoption of the European Space Policy by both ESA and the EU confirms the importance of ESA’s space activities for EU Member States. Several other EU members have approached ESA with a request to participate in ESA’s activities.
